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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28

A SUSPICIOUS LIVERY STABLE MAN.
There is livery stable keeper il Houston,
Texas, who is very careful to whom he hires
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28

lust RECEIVED by S. S. Ncssmore from Liv-
q crpool, Eng, TO Baltimore, 10 crates STAND
ARD c. C.. and 81 crates HENRY BURGESS
WHITE GRANITE SETS. you are in need Of
a iirstcla8s article in either Of these wares you
should not fail to give us cali. We do not sell
Seconds" second quality and thirds third
quality at retail. We guarantee every piece
of ware from our house 10 be the best Of its kind
feb1 z j. MILLER. SON &: co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28

hOMESTIC SEWING MACHINES.
Tho good qualities of the above machines arc
now we'll established.
We are selling them at as low price as they
can be purchased in any of the larger cities, and
arc prepared 10 allow as much for old machines of
any kind as IS possible
I'VE have seen 50 much good done by the Do
nestle, that we wish every family TO have at
least one in their house. Prices fixed but terms
accommodating.
Call and examine. or send for circular
nct22 +. S. LEADBEATER & BRO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28

HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, PISTOLS,
IL &c, at IS King street. corner of Royal,
Alexandria, Va.-The subscribers invite the at
tention Of wholesale and retail purchasers TO
their large aud well selected stock ofgoods in their
line, which were bought in quantity at bottom
prices, and will be sold at small advance. We
invite comparison of prices and quality Of goods
at IS King corner of Royal street.
sepl4 J. T. CREIGHTON {; SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28

The steamer LADY OF. THE LAKE will leave
her whsrf EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and
SATURDAY at $50 o'clock p. n. Returning,
leave Norfolk EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY
and FRIDAY Fare, first class, 50; round trip, So
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28

GREEN AND FIGURED SCREEN WIRE "a
VI 30 and So inches, wholesale and retail, at
So King corner Of Royal street. You can buy
wire, and have Window and Door Frames made
of better quality, to cost moro thar the com.
mon Frames offered for sale in the city. Call and
SEQ J. T. CREIGHTON & son.
je4 So King cor. Royal st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28

TEyEA SETS-Wc have just received the cheapest
I line of CARLSBAD and FRENCH CHINA
TEA SETS ever offered in this city, of Ill and So
pieces each, low-shapcd cups and heavily gildcd
and beautiful decorations We are sure of suiting
both your taste and pocket if you are in need of
any m iI3"s ~ 'H-' ny (. J. MILLER, SON s co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-03-28
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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

The Pension Office has prepared cir
cular showing who are entitled to the
benefits of the Mexican Pension Act,
which is now in force. A copy of the
circular will be sent to any one on appli-
cation. The Commissioner of Pensions
has been receiving daily bushels of let
ters from those who think themselves
entitled to pensions under the act. In
order to settle all doubt as to who are
80 entitled General Black has embodied
in the circular the portions of the act
which indicate who are to enjoy the
benefits, with explanatory remarks cal
culated to make such sections clear. Hc
announces that only soldiers of the Mex
lean war who served sixty days and are
now sixty-two years of age can secure a
pension unless they can prove disability
or dependence. The widow of such
soldier is also barred from the benefits of
the act unless she has reached sixty-two
years, or is dependent upon others for
her support. The Commissioner also
informs the surviving officers of the war
that the act places them on the same
footing with the soldiers. and they only
receive pensions upon the same condi-
tions. The amount of pension CAN in no
case be greater than eight dollars per
month
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

The French Academy of Medicine has
had an animated discussion on the Pas
teur system, in which both members and
auditors showed as much party passion
as is displayed at political meetings. NJ.
Peter gave details of FIVE deaths among
NJ. Pasteur's hydrophobia patients, ap-
parently due to the paralytic form of
rabies, that is to say, to the Pasteur, not
to the canine, virus. On the other side
it was stated that of 2,6s2 persons
'reated up to the end of last year, only
thirty-one had died, ten of these being
among the 1s6 persons bitten in the face
or head. No death, moreover, had oc.
cssrred among the fifty of those 1856 per-
sons to whom the intensive treatment
had been applied. As in most discus
sions, each of the two parties adhered to
its original opinion.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

In a recent article Commander H. C.
Taylor, the well-known authority on ma
val affairs, has made some interesting
statements in regard to the needs of
New York harbor from a commercial
point of view. The complaint that, de-
spite the superiority of the harbor in
every other respect, its entrance is OBJ
structed by bars and sand banks, and its
channels are narrow and shallow, and
except at certain conditions of tide are
unavigable by the heavier class Of ocean
steamers, is familiar to every one. A
great many different plans have been
suggested for remedying this evil, but
none of them seem to have found favor,
either on account of their expensiveness,
or the uncertainty as to whether they
will be of any permanent value. Com
mander Taylor is of the opinion that if
any thing is done in this direction-and
the growing demands of commerce OBJ.
viously require that something shall be
done-it will be necessary to make a
careful survey of the harbor, by way of
preparation, before any definite policy
can be determined upon.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

A report has been returned by the
Government relative to the amount of
forests consumed in this country to sup
ply railroad ties. We have at present
$50, 900 miles of railroad and the report
is based upon the return from 6S per
cent. of the roads. From this report we
find that, allowing the ties to be renewed
once in seven years, there will be re-
quired for this purpose and for the sup
ply of new roads from year to year, the
timber from 565.7 acres. AS thirty
years will be necessary to renew the
growth, we must set aside as "railroad
reserve" tract of woodland embracing
16, ,971, 42O acres to supply the necessary
timber for ties-or an area larger than
Vermont, New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts combined.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

Thirty-three thousand readers of an
English newspaper competed recently
for prize offered for the best list of the
greatest twelve among living men. The
results of this competition are somewhat
curious. Mr.. Gladstone led the polls,
receiving 80, votes, while Bismarck
got 80, 245. Tennyson came third, with
23,O64, and Ce Lesseps fourth, with
1879. The remaining eight members
of the great dozen, as determined by
this election, are Lord Wolseley, the
Marquis of Salisbury, Count Won Moltke,
John Bright, Lord Randolph Churchill,
John Ruskin, Henry Irving, and Henry
NJ. Stanley. For the last place among
the twelve, Stanley and Pasteur were
almost neck and neck, the explorer beat
ing the hydrophobiosopher by less than
thirty votes. 1t will be observed that
there is no American among the greatest
twelve, unless Stanley is counted as an
American.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

Mr.. W. F. Allen has given some inter-
esting data concerning the introduction
of the new twenty-four hour clock scale.
Though meeting at first with considers
BILE opposition, like most innovations, it
is gradually extending. 1t is already in
use on the Canadian Pacific Railroad,
west of Winnipeg, upon the Manitoba
and Northwestern Railroad, and upon
he Idaho Division of the Union Pacific.
So satisfactory has its adoption proved
to the railways ard the towns along their
lines that propositions to introduce it
throughout the Union Pacific and Cana
dian Pacific systems are being seriously
agitated. Particular attention is called
to the fact that the twenty ty-four- our
scheme is in use throughout the exten-
sive telegraph systems between Great
Britain, Egypt, India, South Africa,
China, Australia and New Zealand.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
What Fancy Is.

What is called fancy is often only
sharp sight, says Louise Imogene Quincy
in Wme -Iuake. Turn your eyes hard on
everything around you, and what pretty
interests pop out!
Did you ever catch the glowing pris-
matte colors in the fibres Of your dark
cloth sleeve2 Or the oak leaves nod
ding and tossing on the tall flames of
your winter wood fire! Or the thread
like outlines of the currents on rapid
river shaping themselves into great feet,
marching off to sea on the tide? How
much busy people lose, when they might
spy all that and far more, in one royal
minute of idleness!
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

A writer in a Canadian paper, speak
ing of the possibilities of pulp as a sub
stitute for lumber in the manufacture of
furniture and other articles now exclu-
sively made of wood, calls attention to
the resources afforded by northern Can
ada for the best pulp making woods. 1t
is found that in some localities the for
ests are now at the best age for pulping
purposes, and capable of yielding from
forty to one hundred and twenty cords
per acre, if the whole of the timber were
utilized. By mixing the pulp with clays,
stealite, asbestos, plumbago, mica, etc.,
substances of every possible color and
compactness may be produced.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
Chinese Theology.

Hung Lung, who keeps aPalatial dive
on St. Clair street, grew quite eloquent
last evening as he unfolded to a reporter
the plan of Chinese theology. He SAID
that the Chinese world was not created
all at once, but was made in sections,
China being the original structure, and
all mankind being composed originally
of Cinnamon. At first few stars were
sprinkled aloft, aud they were pleasing
to the Cinnamon. Then a bang.up sky
was stretched across and the moon aad
sun were swung into plac&k
By the time this had been arranged it
was discovered that there were some
wicked men IN the kingdom and they
were, to use Hung Lungs picturesque
idiom, fired out, pletty quick" .
Three or four hundred of the gods had
a primary meeting one ening and de-
cided to give them little country by
themselves. Other backsllders were sent
TO ioin them from time to tim",sand in
this way the inhabitants of the world
outside of China came to overshadow
their original forefathers.-Toledo Blaae.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A parlor suit-Courting in the front
room.
A garden party-The Shanghai. =
Puck. .-G sI.
Go West young man and freeze up with
the country. ry.APaek. Ft
"Man wants but little here below
zero.-Bostsn Courier.
Congressman use six hundred towels q.
day. They ought to have "clean hands"
--Norristoon Herald.
Maud s. is said to have stride of ff-
teen feet. How man must envy her
when the sheriff's after him.-Philadol-
phia Call.
Customer "Don't show me any more.
Astrakhan. Pray what is that furF"
Clerk. Why, fur to keep yer
hands warm !''-HarPer's Bazar.
The toboggan business is only q tenn
porary mania. Well bet new hat that
every slide in the country will bo aban-,
doned before July 1.-Detro1 Free Press, I
A naturalist recommends eating raw
onions for insomnia. The theory prob,
ably is that you will go to sleep to-
avoid smelling your breath. -Nes0 Yars
Tribune.
"Would you marry an old man for his.
money" asked Mildred. "Well, / de-
clare" exclaimed Laura with startled
air, ''you surely don't suppose anything,
else would induce me to marry him3"-
Pittsbwg Dispatch
Mrs. Briumer-Why, Mr.. Brimmer,
here's a fly. Where did he come from
this cold weather. See him hover around
that book. What is he after7 Mr.. Brim-
mer-Looking for the fly leaf, 1 suppose.
Boston Budget.
sIf there is anything like better than
classical music" said Major Brannigan,
in high voice, as he moved with the
throng ont of the concert room, 'it's
lemoIs.g They both set my teeth on
edge."-San Francisco Post.
The minister's quite discouraged,
AS he looks at the empty pews;
So few have his efforts encouraged,
So few who care for his views.
And he says, with O xoice full of signing.
''1he gospel most people are scorning;
Ahl This world is giving to lying 9s~s,
Yes, lying in bed, Sunday morning:
-Goodalps Sum
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

The number of applications for
patents in the United States, with our
60.0OO,OOO inhabitants, last year, was
e1,797, while in Great Britain and Ire
land, with apopulation of about o,ooo,'
900, the number of applications was H.,
1862, which makes the ratio of ingenuity
not very different in the English-speak-
ing countries. France comes next on
the list, judging by the number of ap-
plications for patents, and Germany
stands next to France.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
ApOwN THE STREAM.

The sunbeams gid the purple stream,
The bubbles float upon its breast;
The landscape in peaceful dream
Seems sleeping in a soothing rest
The tall, gaunt pines adorn the cliff,
Appearing like fortress brown,
While she and l in gladness drift
Beyond the noises of the town.
Fair clouds Of beauty slowly float
Above US like snowy shroud,
And hide in shade our little boat,
As tears are hidden from crowd
The shores grow DINNER to the sight,
The woodlands wear their plumes unfurled,.
And silent shadows of the night
Descend upon restless world.
Tis then we whisper. soft and low,
The sacred love-words from the heart;
The joys and pleasures we would know
Together in the halls Of art.
Tis then that gladness steals around
Upon US while the star-gems CLEAN,
Tis then, when Love is shadow-crowned,
We drift adown the purple stream.
II. Carleton Tripp, in the Current.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
Professional Diners-Out.

meet them every day in the season,
lodging out of side streets, in evenS
ing dress and immaculate linen, posting
along to eat with Smith or Brown or,
Jones, with appetites sharpened by the
light diet of the day. He may be mid
dle-aged or old, but the professional
diner-out is never young. If any young
man were to attempt such shifts for exist.
ence as he practices, society would
promptly denounce him as an irreclaims
able dead beat and leave him to starve
It would probably be impossible foi
any social censor to define exactly To-
line of demarkation between the pr
fessional dead beat and the profession
diner. out. In both cases it is ~
pretending to be what he is not, in orl; 4
to get something for nothing; a sorh!d
confidence game played quite as
trously in society by Ponsonby de Z
kyns as might be pra ticed onie
confding, vulgar public by HyS
Joe. But we are adopts at mrS
nice distinctions in these days osu
vanced social polish, and it is not eht
direction alone that we send one ~ ". W
Coventry-or Sing Sing-for va '"
reward in another as special viae.
The stock in trade of the prosslonas
diner out is his dress suit and te peop.o
he knows. Smith invites hjn oecaus
Jones does, and Brown be@use oonIv nssv
and Smith do. He lives ine4penslVglS
in cheap lodgings or club,;where. .aI ~
never pays for any meal but Ais pi1d satar
ofhi profession can get plenty Of ,'nSis S;s
tations to breakfast, too, SO thai hls.
actrnl ontlav on birnseif may De reduceo
to the merest cost of bed and clean linen:
know one man who, on an income OF
$1,000 a year, which is the rent OF Q
house left him as sole inheritance 6y
some relation, feeds fatty from years
end to years end, and still has money
over. And no one to meet him at the
festsl board would set him down Tor
anything less than a millionaire.-Ns''
York Neus.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

A famous Hungarian conjurer, Herr
de Kolta, is now astonishing London
with some new and explicable feats.
The arrangement of the stage is peculiar,
inasmuch as the back is black, lighted
only from the front, so that dim reli-
gious light prevents too much being
seen. Herr de Kolta first calls for a
spirit hand-and it forthwith appears in
his grasp; he calls for his wife-and she
appears in flesh and blood beside him;
he takes an empty cornucopia, twisted
by himself out of sheet of paper, and
at once shakes out of it enough flowers
to fill the stage-and all without giving
suspicion of an idea where they come
from. Then he vanishes bird cage and
its occupant, takes off his coat, allows
the audience to examine it, and turns up
his shirt sleeves to the shoulder. Then
taking back his coat, he draws cage and
bird out of it. Finally, he vanishes his
wife in such way as to utterly distance
all imitators- she disappears without a
moments hesitation, shawl and all.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

In a paper on the cclor of eyes in
France, NJ. Topinard has called atten-
ton to the extreme rarity of greenlsh
eyes in Europe, only six cases having
been observed by Professor Virchow in
5000, 900 Germans. With us a green
eyed person must be fully as uncommon
q sight. Yet Chinese annals record that
green eyes abound in parts of Asia, and
Pallas notes that they ale met with in
Siberia.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
Big Earnings of Medical Specialists.

That it pays to be medical specialist
in New York city is evident. Some inter-
esting facts have been obtained on the
subject. DR.. F. Gaillard Thomas the emf
nent gynecologist, enjoys an income, it
is said, of $50, 600 per year. DR.. Lewis,
A.. Sayre, the orthop1 die surgeon, earns
$40, 900. Dr.. A. L. loomis, from his
lectures, books, and practice in diseases
of the chest and fevers, has an annual
income of $35, DR.. Fordyce Bar
ker, whose speciality is gynacology, earns
like sum. DR.. Robert Taylor, like DR..
Sayre, makes speciality of deformities,
and certainly makes $lO0 day, exclu-
sive of Sundays. DR.. William A. Ham
mond, the eminent neurologist, is reck-
oned as doing quite as well. DR.. Abra-
ham Jacob, whose speciality is children's
diseases; DR.. t. Adds Emmett aud DR..
Charles Lee, the eminent gyn9cologists,
and DR.. J. M. Carnochan, the "bone
surgeon" have each an income of $685.
900. Dr. sHesmann Knapp, DR.. Charles
InsleesP afd &Dr. st. John Roosa, aud
DR.. G5f66li5& Agnew undoubtedly re-
alize $2GsD8l yearly as specialists in dis
eases oifkeSye and ear, and DR.. Henry
Sands ;Tlf E}fed Post, DR.. A. B. Mott,
DR.. FvsBfar&6Esand DR.. W. Todd Hell
muth ,sai3 known surgeons. have
practice th 81 turns them in SIS, 1000,
while Dr. Nc Donald, DR.. Edward
Seguip, ant q. Spitzka, who make
specially fos ferrous diseases, realize a
like sunifrCnf thGr work. Dr.. William
T. Lusk, sapas Df. II. D. Noyes have an
income Of 5000 from their practice
- ,r,n,olo,;cto II Mil ouI FrDress
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

ding, rather siddy in mind, but I hope
always as a philosopher. could not
help smiling underneath my face to re-
member Hatfyss slook few days after
that bali Mlfen ne came into "Del's, as
the gnomss Sf society call the restaurant
of the swel ellmob. I regret to say that
Jack bad otin some pretty work on the
faultlsss isein vulgar truth had mauled
poor HarIySina most brutal fashion with
his dsts and Harry thought that nobody
could peseeiye the traces of that Homeric
8FnN4E the altar see both Of them
bsftB5k reconciled, and turning back
agd5d listen in a dazed way to the
clergyman, and awake to find myself in
some ineSplicabie way, and by paths of
which 70 this moment can give no lucid
eNp}d1ofoE- : Marion's husband.-Nev
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
Not to Anxious to Die.

Some say they wish that they were dead,
That life for them, las ceased its charms;
That death, to them, doth bear no dread,
The grave, for them, nath no alarms.
This ''heeting show they wish would fleet.
Some other world they wish, instead;
Deaths angel they. with 10Y. would greet,
Oh, yes. they wish that they were dead.
And vet, if they've a simple cough.
Or. indigestion with them strives,
They surely think they're going OIL,
And physic seek to save their lives.
-Gooddl's Sun.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10
and Mr.. Lincoln.

oCHt<6 0tuChuuIu auu hI' LluCOiu'
fJoe Blackburn tells story OF
Alb Eincoln that was never printed
bel He says: '"When I was nine
ted fof age I located in Chicago,
andS tnenced the practice of law. One
of My Stcases was in the United States
Court which was presided over by
.Justie Mclean of the United States Su.
premI Court and Judge Drummond OF
theiAinois ircuit. The opposing coun.
se5 isaac N. Arnold, then at the
hea< he Chicago bar. I.had filed
dem4 TO. Mr.. Arnold's pleadings in
thu sd when the case was reached
on the 6ndar I was quite nervous at
having Suc1 formidable and expert
enced ahtagolHst while the dignity of
the tribnH apSkhe presence of large
number OF 16wSefsin the court all aided
to increase Stimidity and embarrass-
ment. I wSStung, inexperienced, and
naturally feltdifident and nervous; in
fact, I was willing that any disposition
should be made Of the case, so I could
get rid of it. was ready to adopt any
suggestion of the opposing counsel
which would relieve me from my en-
barrassing situation. I wanted to get
away from the ordeal as soon as possible.
Mr.. Arnold made an argument in which
he criticised my demurrer in manner
that greatly tended to increase my con.
fusion.
However, had to make an effort. I
said but little, and that in very be-
wildered manner, and was about ready
to sit down and let the case 60 by de-
fault, as it were, when tall, homelg,
loose. .jointed man sitting in the bar, whom
I had noticed as giving close attention to
the case arose and addressed the court
in behalf OF the position I had assumed
in my feeble argument, making the points
so clear that when he closed the Court
at once sustained my demurrer. did
not know who my volunteer friend was,
but Mr.. Arnold got up and attempted to
rebuke him for interfering in the matter,
when for the first time heard that he
was Abe Lincoln, of Springfield.
"Mr. Lincoln. in his good-natursd re-
ply to Mr.. Arnold's structures on his in
reference, said that he claimed the
ri!ilege of giving young lawyer
boost when struggling with his first case,
especially if he was pitted against an ex.
perienced practitioner. OF course, I
thanked him. and departed from the
court as proud as Field Marshal. I
never saw Mr.. Lincoln again, and he
died without ever knowing who the
young, struggling lawyer was he had
assisted and rescued from defeat in his
maiden effort before United States
tribunal. D Chicago Nc,os.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

Four prosperous citizens of New York
earn their livelihood as doctors for the
lap-dogs of rich women. As rule, the
only medicine they use is starvation.
They fling the dear pets into barred
boxes, and deprive them of food for four
days, having found out that the usual
trouble with pet dogs is that they are
fed extravagantly and improperly.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

It is stated that Louisiana, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee have
expended se4, s75, 900 for leveeing low
lands on the Mississippi, amounting to
%, 762, 900 acres, with population of
1895, 723, that produces annually agri-
cultural products amounting in value to
S7S. 725. 600.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1887-03-10

Professor Humphreys investigation of
the physical condition and habits Of CEN
tenarians shows that out Of fifteen males
seven smoked much, one smoked little
and seven did not smoke at all. Among
twenty-eight females, four smoked much,
one little, one moderately and twenty
two none at all; two used snuff.